How to downsize corner cabinet without making it look awkward? I want to add a corner cabinet for a broom closet etc. Doesn’t need to be as big as its drawn and definitely can’t be either. The depth isn’t as much of an issue as the width but if I change the width, then the angle will change and I’m thinking something non 45 degree will look awkward?? That 67” measurement needs to be probably 80 at least to keep a similar amount of room that already exists from an existing shelf to wall.

Any ideas/suggestions?

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Perhaps push the broom closet to the left (as pictured above) and put open book-shelves in between that and the existing cabinet (on the right). Might be able to display family china or something on the shelves?

I think I probably didn’t explain it well enough(or not understanding the replies), I basically need more room on the left hand side, the angled cabinet is what will be new, and building it at 45 degree angle makes it protrude into the space on left too much. Here’s the cabinet downsized to where the corner cabinet is 37.5 degrees. I think it’ll look strange

Yep, I misunderstood what you were asking. I thought you were FILLING that space on the left with the broom closet. Your 2nd pic makes it much clearer what you want.

So, can you make the broom closet square? Or dues it have to be triangular? If it was as deep as the cabinet to the right side, you might be able to make it narrower yet deeper to accommodate what you want to store in it.

Thanks for the suggestions, I got out the masking tape and cardboard and mocked up a real world version. What I decided (aka wife approved) is to shorten the pantry cabinet a bit. The one I have drawn is bigger than the existing unit, but when I make the new one smaller than the existing one it’ll all work out nicely because I’ll be gaining all the space of the angled cabinet…

My next question is whether the angled cabinet is very common in that application? I want to make sure I don’t do anything where someone will come in and wonder what I was smoking to come up with angled cabinet ;)

Maybe something like this? Maybe this will be less of a blob/cabinet just blasted into any space I can find etc. The only problem I see with this is it looks like a long counter was broken up to place a cabinet there

Notice how I changed the big pantry, I figured two smaller doors will allow for people to walk by with the pantry door open..

Or there’s this, split it with four doors. Saves me from having extra $$ dumped into countertops